BusinessObjects Enterprise Administrator's Guide

Managing universes

Web Intelligence users connect to a universe, and run queries against a database. They can perform data analysis and create reports using the objects in a universe, without seeing, or having to know anything about, the underlying data structures in the database. You create a universe by using the Designer. For complete information, see the Designer's Guide.

Using CMC, you can view and delete universes. You can also control who has access rights to a universe. See "Controlling access to universes" on page 356.

To view a universe

1. Go to the Universes management area of the CMC.

The Universes page appears.

2. Click the link for the universe you want to view.

The properties page for the universe appears.

To delete a universe

1. Go to the Universes management area of the CMC.

The Universes page appears.

2. Select the universe you want to delete.
3. Click Delete.